Tile-gaging machine.



PATENTED OUT. 22, 1907. M. A. METZNER. TILE GAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 1906.

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PATENTED 'ocT. 22, 19-07.-

No'. 868,793. v

M. A, METZNER. TILE GAGING: MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 1906.

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PATENTED OCT. 22,1907. M. A. METZNBR. TILE GAGING MACHINE. APPLICATIONFILED JAN. 29, 1906.

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v um/whoa 'Mqr Ail [2972 To all whom it may concern: I

,P 'lENT I OFFICE.

.MAX A. ns'rzxnn, or PERTH Annoy, NEW JERSEY, issi'eiion OF ONE-HALF TOTHE 0'.

PARDE E WORKS, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented oeaaa, 1907.

Application nee new 29.1906 Serial'lio. 298,319,

Be it'known that I, Max A. ltlsransn, a citizen of 'the United States,residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'lile-Gaging;Machines,' of which the following is a .ipecification,reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming part of thesame.

Tiles ior floor and wall-coverings-ale made in vari-' nus sizes, in,some cases differing only ,by a fraction of no inch, and since suchsmall differen'cias are not always readily-perceived by theeye it iscustomary to mcas-' me each tile, asby-placingit alongside of agraduated scale or gage constructed to fit the tile so that themeasurements maybe taken easily ahd rapidly, and then to stamp on theunglazed back of edge of the tile" a. letter or numeral, or othercharacter or characters, designating the sips of the tile or the classto which it belongs. Tilespf the same size or class are of course moldedto exactly.the same dimensions, but in the process of firing they'shrinkunequally, since some must of necessity be farther from the sourceofheat thanothers. Hence when the tiles come from'the: kiln they are.notuniform, and 'everi marks impressed in the back or edge in the moldingoperation may not designate the size or class to whichthe tile actuallybelongs after firing, Furthermore, the shrinkage bee ing unequal thetiles rarely fit'onestandardsize 'or an other, exactly; and goodjudgment on the part of the person who does the measuring is thereforerequired in order .to assign each tile to the proper class In any caseerrors due to fatigue, carelessness, etc. are liable to creep in. Needhas therefore been in! for a macuracy and indicate the size thereof orimprint on the 'tile the proper-designation of its site or class. Thisneedmy-present' invention is intended to meet, and indevising the samemy object has been not only to provide-a machine which'would,helreliable in operation but also, to make the apparatus as simple andine f expensive as possible,.and-capable of rapid operation soas'to'turn out a large amount of work.

[Broadly my invention consists oi mechane ism inthe nature of.,a gagewhich measures the-tile,

and recording or indicating mechanism adapted to be set originated bythe gage.) The that mentioned ele-' ment, -namely, the gage, may beconstructed to measure any or all dimensions of the article, and therecording or indicating devices may of course be constructed to takeaccount of as many differentsizes onclasses as may desired. Mosttiles-of the kind mentioned are of r oblong rectangular form, and theshrinkage of the longer dimension is of course more apparent than that'of the shorter dimension, In fact the change in breadth may be andusually is disregarded, and hence for most purposes the machine needmeasure only the length, or longer dimension. I I

The gaging devices consist preferably of a pair of spaced rollers, onefixed in position and the other mounted on a swinging armwhich isnormally-yieldingly held in such position that the space between therollers is at least not greater than the lengthof the shortest tilewhich the apparatus is to measure. The

tile being carried sidewise between and in contact the gaging devices,preferably comprises a printing wheel located adjacent tothe path of thetile as it passes between the gaging rollers and adapted'to be thrownagainst the adjacent end edge of the tile at the. V

proper time, so as to stamp or print the proper character thereon. Thistype wheel may be in the form v.of a cylinder, rotatably andlongitudinally movable 'on a. vertical shaft, and has a plurality ofcircular rows 9f type or dies, each row-corresponding to a given size orclass. As the wheel is rotated by the frictional con tact of the passingtile, the seyeral types or dies in the particular row selected by thegaging devices print thd designating character at several points, sothat one type be damaged or filled with dirt and so produce an illegibleimpression another will give a mark whichis legible. v 4

The actuating and controlling means for the recording mechanism includesa system of levers, under the control of the tile feeding means, whichin each operation a number of selecting devices which then operate oneor another of a series of stops depending on tlre'extent These stops arearranged one above the other below the type wheel, and hence the latterin dropping from its uppermost position will be brought to rest at oneheight or another, and with the corresponding type row oppo- "site theedge of the tile, depending on which of the ver 'tical series of stopshas been thrown out. The type wheel being thus set it is next engaged bythe edge of the tile and prints thereon-the proper characters, as

already described.

The machine may be simplified by substituting for the recordingmechanism an annunciator which mcrely indicates the size of the tile. Inthis case the operator may be provided with a set of stamps fromwvhich-he selects the proper one and thcnlmanually prints thedesignating character-on the tile. If de- I 4 my and'has perfiaps arhereextensiyefield of use. "In .the annexed drawings I1 haveillnstratecl; both the whollyfmechanical.apparatus,z.-which is thepreferred form; and; also :a," simple and .'oon\kenint'iorm: of the jxsl q r s lt p {Referring-now to the. Fignretl is aplanf view ofthepreferred leinbodinienmshewing the gagin'gf v and recm'ding nlecjhanisms their: normal positions;

with-a tile abontto pass -between-the gaging roll Fig.2 is elongitndinalsection, pn lihe' I'I+ I I,

but showing the'type wheeli .n its npperin6stj-printin position; restingqn"a;stops'e lectecl bythegaging-devicesf Figs. 4 and 5 are detail-viewsofpart of t seleiiting' mechanism, I i .-5 bag age-mot f .2 in 4.1-.Fig-"6 [is a detail siqg'iiri she forefa step} has beenselected'ahdtthrnst into itspath; amkshowing alsoi certain paths: ofmechanism: cax ryipgthe wheel agaihst theedge'ldfthe jrile'to effect sothe dnmlg; 1- and'8 are de ail-sews showing fdi fferent positions, ofii'certa in parts showii= LFi'g; 6;

9 i"s a'detail'seetionallview'onlii1e IX+lX-, Fig. 3, v hoiv in g Ltheannunciator devices "for: indicating the size brof the tile; is.ajdia'grammatie plan jr iew hi a machine in olViDgelecti'icalfeat'zttre s', but

with ouly devices for indicating the variants"iizles oif;

i; blasssf no --printi ng*or "teem-(ling. hiechanis'hi jheing' j shown!a Fig. 11' is}; side view:- of 19', partly in l'ohfgitndihaleectim Fig.1:2 is aldeta'il view-F65 the cone (Q-tact selecting deviceswhich-determine which lamp-is. lighted iiijthe 'amiunciator. i p.Theyafious operative parts of the rnachine are'con-' veniendynionntedoh'a frame corisistipgbf a base 1,- vettical'end'inembers, or standards,2,3, and "a pair of Q parallelrailsi, ,;eupp oi ted b y the standards.-The.

v base is formed with, tin-elevated part 6, provided withan extension 7.See land 2. Secured vto-thelnail -5 an point adjacentto the centeithereofi's-aifixed brash tam; 8; onwhich a-roller 9 is irevdlu'blymount;

i l tical pivot; Directly opposite. the said roller is anutzrerrouse-10, moimtell 'on an arm 11 rigidly fastened to a vertical rockshaft 12, -'journaledlir'1 bearings 5.14, carried-by a standard 15i'isingtronithe e levatmi part 'of the base." See 1 and 2. -lt isevident that ital tilesomewhat 10nger. than thesp'ace between therollers be paxed sidewise between them. the swinging roller 10 will beswung outwardwith its supporting arm and rock the shaft 12. Forthepurpose of carrying the tiles in succession between the rollers there isprovided an endless eonireyer 16, passing ever sprocket wheels 17,118;suit-I ably journaled in the end-members or standards 2, 3. The conveyerconsistsof a pair of chain-belts running 7 over the sprockets, andannmber of tile supporting fit: is 'inTJuritedifi e'el y; 'tappet is ithujs f in: an suitable nnmber to the siqes' of; which .the. machine to-recprt l, as i'o r example 6, 'andeach is pmiridedwith a 105;ver-ti'ealirm '40-:ind. a dependinglng or stud- 1,1 hich ,viefvqedinFigs '3, and- 4; and elevate the othepend f; plates of platforms, as19(of-any suitable materiahsuch 1 as ivood, carried by alternate linksof thechainsi The arrangement of thetcon'v'eyer devices'is such, as is,clearlyshown in' Fig; 2, that the platforms in moving along the upperreac h slidetbn therails 4,' 5; thereby ma-intaini ngthe platforxnsslightly below the plane of he messuriiigr'buersa and p. Certain oftheiilatior'ms, as every fon'rth one, are provided with transversestops"as 20;- projecting slightly upward, against which may irestfth tiles,one of which is indicatedat 21'; intheilf .passagebetween the rollers.'O1i the shafit 'of the p c ts 3 8 driVing pu1ley 22; which may bedriven '2 front any convenient sdiirce f'power.

p When the roller 10 and arni'll are swuhg'outward by a tile', therebyrockingthe shaft 1,2, an arm-23 fixed to thesame shaft; isstynng'haekwaid, prto the left, (see: the movement of whichreciprochtesarod' 24,

f rhouiit'egl to sliae .freely in guides 26-, and'normally retracted bya spring 27, the mid and' 'arm bei-hg con- "ne'cted By-a link 28. a Onthe forward end-lei the rod is "semicii cnlar tappet 39 by means of 31;.32, (Fig. 5); :eit'efiding inwardly 'fiOIll'lZhG arms-of the yoke or.zYsha ped im'emher and .bearing; against 'thetap pt.

g -th."-" I v type-wheel in its highest (non-printing) posi'tio'n',"

the tile passing. lietweenftherollersg the1 pe also xecjprpcateien'its'shaft 33, on" which bronght over one prijanefher eta series oflevels 35,' according,'as will be 'readi lj underst efl to the length ofthe particular the which 'hap'pens to he actuating the.

i The levers,- correspond in latter rests on the slupporting-plate-whenthelever is its'nomial position} It will now; beew identthatii-the'tappet 30; be'rocl ed .Connter'clockwise direction, as

j.will; strikeone'ofjthe-levels 11.0

ating the rtappet will he described 'herein'aftei --The-horizonta1iseries"bflevers-35h amecw .ty push-rods 42m 21 vertical};ies=0fhofi2pnta1 stops, six

in numbeg-indioated inF 3 y 43,. 44,45,246} 47, .48,

so that. "when a-"levelf is. by thetappetthe 'cqrr'e spending stop-bej-piejec te ii The stops $91-$ venie'ntl'y mounted to slide in agxtide standafd 49, fasa. tened to the elevated partn of the halite;,'When thus v thrown fqutthe stopprojectsinfithe path'qfatype; w'h.ee'1,which will .now 'be-descr'ibetl, together with-the ,The typeseiheel,indicated 'F ig. :3,= 1s c6h1posed -i preferably of azcylinder 51 0nwhichare six'circulat:

a standard andis also provided with a pair-of resili-". 1 30 ent fingers58 which clasp a vertical rod'59 alongsideoi the standard .57, therebypermitting the sleeve to be rotated-partially on the standard. Theobject .of such moyement is to'permit the. type-wheel'to allow foryar'ious lengths of tiles, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.The parts which support the typewheel are located adjacent tothe path ofthe conveyer 16, as

shown in Fig. l, and slightly in advance of the gage roller Normally thewheel-is below the conveyor,

the sleeve 56 resting one, shoulder fill-on the stand- For the-purposeof lifting the type-wheel to the top of the standard the followinginstrumentalities are proated by a link 64 and arm 65. The latter, (seeFigs. 1,

2 and 6), is rigidly secured on the end of a rock shaft '66, mounted inbeatings'atthe top of a vertical member'6'7. 0n. the other end of theshaft isa pivoted actuat'i ng finger'68, held yieldingly the positionshown in-Fig'. 6 by a fiatspring 69 fixed to the shaft. This finger islocated below the upper reach of the conveyer and projects into the pathofa stud 70 projecting laterally. from an actuating bar 71, whi'chlatteris recipro- I aatedby means described hereinafter. When the actuatingbar is adyanced in the direction'of the arrow, Fig. 6, the stud engagesthe finger 68, which rocks the' shaft 66,'throwing the arm to the leftand with it the slide 62, thereby extending the lazy tongs and raisingthe type-wheel to its highestpositionf As this highest 'positionisreached, the stud escapes from the finger 68, whereupon the spring 69restores the latter to'its original position relative to the arm 65. Theweight of I v the typewheel wouldat once cause it to fall, but beforethe finger 68 is released one of-the stops 43 48 is projected,'asalready explained, and the type-wheel'is thus checked by whichever stephas been thrown out, to hold it in position to mark a tile. "For thepurpose of actuating these stops the following devices are provided.Below'the rail 4, (Figs. l'and 3), mounted to turn horizontally "on astandard 72, is a crank disk 73. A pitma-n 74 is pivoted at one end tothe periphery of the disk and at the other to one armof a lever 7 5. The

other arm ofthe latter is connected to a rod 76, which is in turnconnected to an upstanding arni 77- on a rock shaft 78 mounted inbearings in extensions of the side membersb'i. The rod 76 passes througha; suitable opening in the end of arm 77 and carries a stop nut 79.-Aspring80, between the arm and a collar 81 on the rod wiewed in Fig. 1,the arm'7-7 will be thrown backward by the rod 76. Theshaft 78 and arms82 are thereby rocked, and the tappet-actuatingrod'83, striking the rearend of the tappct will throw the sarne up. The

'otlie end of the tappet will therefore strike one of the levers 35 andcause one of the stops to be thrown out, as already explained.

To partially rotate the cra'pkdisk 73, the-latter-is pivotailyconncctedto the before-mei1tioned actuating bar 71 at the point 84. The latter issupported by-and. slides: in a guide block 85 on an upright 86, (seeFigs. 6, 7 and 8), and lies below the center line of the'uppe'r reach ofthe conyeyer 16, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The bar carries a pivotedactuating device or pawl 87, of substantiallytriangular shape, having adepending cated at the block 85 andis held normally in the positionshown in-Fig. 7 by reason of the finger88 resting on the said block."The lug 89 projects into the path of a stud 90 011 the underside of theconveyer, below the position occupied by the tile-21, each'tile-carrying,platform 'offthe conveyer being provided with such a stud. as will bereadily understood. When-the advancing conveyor brings the stud 90 intoengagement with the lug 89 the bar 71 is'advanced'also, thereby turnipgthe crankdisk 73, until the finger 88 drops off v the'bl'ock 85, as inFig. 8, whereupon the pawl falls and carircs the lug out of engagementwith the stud. A spring 91 (Fig. 1), connected to the lever and base 6,would then at once cause the bar 71 to be retracted,

' before the openttion of printing had been completed,

thus permitting the type-wheel to drop until one of the flanges 53rested on the end of the tile and causing the impressions on the edgethereof to beblurred. In order to prevent this, a holding or lockingpawl 92 is provided. It is pivoted-to the guide block and is supportedyieldingly in the position shown in Fig. 7, by a spring 93, with a pin94, projecting from the side of the pawl, bearing against the under edgeof the recip-w rocating actuating bar 71. This edge is provided withratchet notches 95. As the bar advances from the ini tial position ofFig. 7 to the position of Fig. 8 the edge of the bar rides over the pin;but when spring 91 (Fig. 1) begins to retract the bar the pin rises intoanotch, and the pawl being stopped by its shoulder 96 striking the guideblock, further retraction of the bar is prevented. When the tile hasbeen stamped, and has moved to the position shown at 21, Fig. 8, thestud 90 engages the upwardly projecting end of the pawl and depressesthe same, thereby carrying the pin out of the notch and releasing theactuating bar. Whereupon the spring 91 retracts the parts connected withit. As the bar moves back to its initial position the finger 88 of thepawl 87 is lifted by the inclined .cam surface 97 on the guide block.The operation of the machine will'now be readily understood. The tilesare laid on the conveyor, against the steps 20. Just before a tilereaches the gaging rollers the stud 90 on the underside of. the conveyerstrikes the lug 89, thusadvancing the actuating bar 71. As the lattermoves forward its stud 70 engages the finger 68 and theltype-wheel isthereby elevated. The tile now reaches'the rollers and swings the roller10 outward ,to an extent proportional to the length of the tile, thetappet 30 being thereby brought finger 88 and an upstanding lug 89. Thepawl is 10- over the corresponding lei/er 35, as previously ex- I plained. The continued movement of the conveyer and tile, through engagementof the stud 90 with the lug 89, causes the bar 71 to be advanced wherebythe disk 73 is rotated, which in turn throws up the rod 83 and bringsthe tappet 30' down-upon the lever 35, over which it had been carried bythe movement of the when The arm 40 on the lever is thusthrown inwardand projects its stop below the type-wheel. -'The ac- 'tuating bar 71continuing to advance, the stud 70 es- .10' but is-cliecked, by the pin34 onipawl 92.engaging one of the "notches 95, until the tile moves out'of engagecapes from the finger 68 and-allows the type-wheel to drop'down uponv the stop andjthe'wheel is thereby brought down into theproper row of characters in position to print onthe edge of the tile,whichv now engages thewheel. The finger 88' of the pawl 87 having bythis time fallen over the edge of the guide block 85 the bar 71 startsback under the influence of spring 91 mentwith-the printing. wheel,whereupon the stud 90 strikes the pawl 92 and bydeprcssingitreleases'the bar pitman 74, disk 73, actuating bar 71, therod 76,, and

71. The spring 91- immediately retracts the 18m- 75.,

shaft 78. The return of the latter allows the spring to throw the tappetback-to its rearward position on the shaft 33. At the same time,the'tile having passed beyond the rollers 9-arid 10,.the spring27.retracts the rod 24, returning thegtappet toits .initial'position"at.

I the right end of shaft 33, and restores the swinging di cattion of theclass 'or sizeof thetile, may readily be roller 10 to-the'positionshown; in Fig.1, thus com pleting a cycle of operation ofthemachine.- f A simple annunciator mechanism, to give a visual incombinedwith the foregoing'apparatus. Such a mechanism is shown in Figs. 1, 3and 9: Adjacent-to the ends of thefleversopposite. the tappet'is aseries of pivotedarms 97, each extendingover its appropriate v lever 35and each carrying anannunciator cardor plate,

as 9 bearing acorresponding "character. It is clear thatwh'en a lever 35is actuated it will strike the arm 97 which lies 'over it, thus raisingthe card carried thereby,

j .tapp'et 30 remains dep'ressed,-,

and holding the same in such position as-long as the Inasmuch as thetilessometimes varyin length only by very small'amounts it frequentlyhappens that' a tile is of such a length as tobring the tappet over oneof the dividing plates 39 instead of over a lever, in which case 1 vthemachine of course would not operate. To obviate such difficulty theupper. edges of the plates 39 under the. tappet-are made "of aknife-edge form, as shown at- 101, -.in.'Fig. .5. Hence if .the. tappetcomes to rest over i one ofthe platesit will, on-bei-ng depressedybthrown against one orthe other of the'inelined faces, according to the.size'or class to which the tile most closely approximat s, andisdirected down upon theappropriate lever, against the tension of cheerthe other of the springs31, 32. It may happen, however, thatithetap-v Ipet, iwhose' striking face is also given a knife-edge form, as shown at102, may come to rest with its apex directly overthe apex of a dividingplate, in which case the mechanism might bel-ocked, as explained above.

Such a condition of affairs is illustrated in Fig.5, where it is clearthat tlie'edge ofthe tappet would strike the.

edge of the dividing plate and-stay there without being deflected oneway orthe other. Although this condition may not occur very often, meansfor avoiding it are provided, as follows: Across the inner ends of thelevers 35 and spaced therefrom is a tooth'plate 103, (see Fig. *5),arrapged with the points of its teeth a little to one side or the otherof the apex of the dividing plates. Projecting over thissawtplate orrack is a'finger 104,,carried 85* by' the tappet, and r in the-same,vertical plane. The

symbol indicating a size-'1 =on one-end of the rock shaf bereadilyunderstood.

been depressed to the level of the apexes of the dividing plates it willhave been slightly to one side and will tlferefore pass down to theadjoining lever. The saw plate 103 can readilybe so arranged relative tothe dividing plates that the finger 104 and' the edge of the tappet canneven fall on oppositely inclined faces. For

example, in 5, with the finger inthe position shown, the tappet will becarried to the right of the dividing plate before itstrikes thesame,-a-lthough it may have been slightly to the left.

'In Figs. 10, 11, and 12is shown, somewhat diagiammatically, anembodiment ofmy'inventioninvol'ving electrical'features but omitting therecording devices. Inthi's form the=arni 23, actuated by theswingingroller 10, has on its end a fork 106 engaging a stud'106 on:asleeve 107 adapted to slide on rock shaft 108 joura YY naled in bearings109, 110. The shaftand -s1eeve are .of angular cross section, forexample square,"t'o' prevent rotation of the latter on the former.'.Ext'ending'from the sleeve is a contact finger 111, electricallyconnected with one side of a battery or other'sourceof current 112,Under the contact finger, in positionto be traversed thereby as thesleeve 'is' shiftedby the swinging roller, is a series ofinsulatedcontacts 113, each con nectedwith its appropriate lamp in" the'annunciat'or casing 114, the other terminals ofthe-lamps beingcon-"nected to the battery 112. In the present construction the annunciatoris provided fwith six lamps, inclosed in; separate compartments eachof'which has a'trans parent or, translucent window aletter or other las" Fastened rigidly 115, constituting a magnet armature, and in positionto-attract thesame and thereby rock the shaft and bring the finger 111down upon the series of'contacts, is an electromagnet 116/ lnthecircnit' ofth'e magnet flat plate" of iron is a make-and-break deviceconsisting of a spring con} tact strip 117, mounted at 'one end on aninsulating; body 118, with the free end ofthe spring lying-under a fixedcontact stop 119 carried by the insulating body. Themake-and-breakdevices are located below the conveyer, and the springstrip is provided with an inverted V-shaped projection or lug 1 20bearing against the under side of the conveyer plates, so thatthestr'ipis normally'depressed out of contact with the stop 119. Backofeach tile-stop '20 is an aperture 122,1arge to permit the projection120 to rise into th bring the strip 11.7 into firm contact with i Theoperation ol'the devices just describe When a tile ente the rollers 9,10, the latter is swung out, there y ing the sleeve 10? on the rockshaft until the finger is immediately over the contact corresponding tothe size of thetile being measured. Shortly after the sleeve and 'fingercome to rest-the aperture in the conveyer';

backof the tile, comes over the projection 120 and allows-the springstrip to rise against its contact stop. The circuit of magnet 116 isthereby completed and the:

out of contact with its stop, breaking the magnet circuit and permittingthe spring 121 to draw the armature 115 back to its initial position.The spring 122 then restores the arm 23 and roller 10 to their firstpositions, sliding the sleeve 107 on therock shaft to the right of thecontacts 113, against a stop 123, and leaving the apparatus ready tomeasure another tile. It will be evident to those skilled in the artthat my invention may be embodied in numerous forms .without depaiturefrom its proper scope, and I therefore do not? consider myself limitedto the use of the particular devices herein specifically described.

What'l claim is; v g l 1. In amachine for measuring tiles,'.thecombination of a swinging roller, a roller fixed in position, means forcarryinglthe 'tiles between said rollers, whereby the swinging rollerwill beshifted more or less, according-to the-size of the tile engagingthe same, and means under the con ignations on the tiles, is set forth.

2. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination ofaswlnglng'relleig'a roller fixed in position, a conveyer arranged tocarry tiles between said rollers, and means under the control of theswinging roller for printing 7 measurement designations on the tiles, assetforth.

3. In amachine for measuring tiles, the combination of a swinglngrollemaroller fixed in position, means for car.- ryln'g tile's between therollers, a printing wheel adjustable relatively to the path ofthetiles'and bearing measurement-designating characters, and meansoperatively connected with the swinging roller for determining theposition of the printing wheel as set forth.

4. In a, machine for measuring tiles, the combination of there to,sprinting wheel adjustable relative to the path of the tiles gndbearingmeasurement-designating characters,'means for shifting the wheel to itsfarthest position, and a plurality of stops under the control of thegaging means for projecting the stops singly in the path of the wheel tolimit the return movement of the latter, as set forth.

I conveyer for lifting said wheel to its uppermost position,

6. In a machine for -measuring'tiles, the combination of means forgaging the tiles, -a horizontally moving conveyer for delivering thetiles to the gaging means, a vertically adjustable printing wheel, meansactuated by the series of stops adapted to be projected into the returnpath of the wheel, and mechanism under the control of the gaging meansfor projecting said stops singly accord ing to the'dimensions of thetiles,.as set forth.

7. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination of mcansqfor gagingthe tiles, a horizontally moving conveyer for delivering the tiles tothe gaging means, a vertically adjustable printing wheel, means actuatedby the conveyor for lifting the wheel to its uppermost position, aplurality of stops adapted to be projected into the return path of thewheel, a series of levers connected with said stops, a'tappet movablerelatively to said levers under the *control of the gaging means,"andmechanism actuated by the conveyer for actuating the tappet to depressthe lever selectedby, the gaging means, as set forth.

8. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination of gaging means forthe tiles, a. longitudinally adjustable printing wheel, a plurality-ofstops adapted to be projected into the path of the wheel, a series oflevers connected with the stops to project the same, and a tappet toactuatethe levers singly, adjustable under control of the gaglng 'nieansrelative to the levers to select a lever according to the size of thetile helng'measured, as set forth.

9. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination of gaging means forthe tiles a longitudinally adjustable printing wheel, a'plurality ofstops adapted to be projected into the path of the wheel, a series oflevers connected with the stops to project the same, said levers beingarranged parallel with each .other on acommon fulcrum, atappe'tadjustahle under control of ,the gaging means transversely acrossone end of the said series of levers, and means for actuating the tappetto actuate a selected lever, as set forth.

10. Ina machine for measuring tiles, the combination of means for agingthe tiles, a conveyer for delivering tiles to the gaging means, anadjustable printing wheel adjacent to the, path of the tiles, lazy tongssupporting the wheel, meansmctuatedby the conveyer for extending thelazy tongs, and means under the control of the gaging means fordetermining the position of the printing wheel when lifted by the lazytongs, as set forth. 11. In a machine for gaging tiles, the combinationof means for gaging the length or breadth of a tile said meanscomprising spaced elements adapted to engage the opposite edges of thetile, and a rectilinearly movable'feedlng' device moving' between saidelements to convey tiles to and from the" gage and supporting the tileswhile being gaged. I I

12. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination of means forgaging the tiles,'means for feeding tiles thereto, means for markingdesignations of measurements on the tiles, and means under joint-controlof the gaging and feeding means for operating said marking means.

'13. In a machine for measuring tiles, the combination 116 of means forgaging the tiles, means for feeding tiles thereto, marking means capableof marking dil'leren't designations of measurements on the tiles, meansoperated by the feeding means to'move the marking means relatively tothe marking point, and mechanism under the control 120 of the gagingmeans for selectingthe designation to be marked upon the tiles. g

1-1. In a machine for measuring tiles, the comhinatioh of means forgaging the tiles, means for feeding tiles there to, marking means capabe of marking different deslgnations of measurements on the tiles, meansfor moving the marking means relatively to'the marking point, devicesfor positioning the marking means t9 determine the designation to bemarked on the tiies,'a selector-movable under control of the gagingmeans to a position for' actuating any one of said devices, and means tothrow the selector into engagement with the device determined by thegaging means. i i

15. In a machine for gaging tiles, the combination of v means for gagingthe tiles, means for feeding tiles thereto, marking means capable ofmarking different designations of measurements on the tiles,'means formoving the mark-- ing means relatively to the marking point, stops forlimit ing the movement of said marking means to determine thedesignation to be marked on a tile, a selector movable under control ofthe gaging means to a position for'actuating any one of said stops, andmeans to throw the selector into engagement with the'stop determinedby'the gaging means.

16. In a machine for measuring tiles. the combinationof means for gagingthe tiles, means for feeding tiles thereto, marking means capable of,marking difilgerenFdesignations of measurements on the tiles, means formoving the marking means relatively to the marking point, devices. forpositioning the marking means to determine the designation to be markedon the tiles, a selector movable undercontrol of the gaging means to aposition for actuating hny one of said devices, and means operated bythe feeding ,meansto throw the selector into engagement with the devicedetermined by the gaging means. 155 17.; In a machine for measuringtiles, the combination of means for-gaging the tiles, mean'sfor feedingtiles there-- actuating elefnent t6 tih'iow the selectofintoengqgement rnea us iongaging' fllefiles, marking means fr thet iles capableof'marking'difiereilt designations of measurements I on'th' tilesya;plurality of determining devics under con MA AIQIVMETIZNER, v

